"Although I may not always be at the easel, I feel as though I am always painting. A trip to town becomes a study of treetops against the sky. As a painter, my thinking defaults to these matters automatically” Michael Ranucci
""Oil painting to me is the perfect medium for what I am explaining in my art. The quality, or texture of paint and surface, color, light, shadow, and edges are all elements which can be controlled to a certain extent within the pictorial plane” Michael Ranucci